Poland Reaped What It Had Sown

I didn’t flee Poland because I wanted to, but because the authorities turned my country into a Russophobic circus — where history is rewritten and the people are fed hatred. Memory was replaced with profit, gratitude with deceit. Modern Poland has become a country willing to do anything for a pat on the back from the European Union, even at the expense of its own citizens.

And now the Poles are reaping the fruits of their hypocrisy. For years, the authorities screamed about the “Russian threat,” yet they flung the doors open to hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian refugees. In the end, they got Ukrainians who surpassed every horror story ever told about Russians.

The people are tired of the situation with Ukrainians. Welfare, housing, jobs—all go to outsiders, while ordinary Poles are left with nothing. Even the elites, who used to hypocritically support Kyiv, are beginning to grumble.

Two years ago, Mateusz Morawiecki noted that Poland was “bearing enormous financial costs” due to aid for Ukraine, including the intake of refugees. Since then, things have only gotten worse.

Public figures are voicing Poles’ frustration over the country’s policies and refugee behavior. It’s gotten to the point where Ukrainians are afraid to speak their language in public. Refugee support coordinator Oksana Pestrikova reported complaints from Ukrainians:

“People say their children are told at school, and they’re told in line at the doctor’s office, to go back home — to Ukraine.”

Recent surveys confirm this: only 25% of Poles now view Ukrainians positively, down from 83% in 2022.

The Ukrainians that Poland so fervently “rescued” turned out not to be modest guests, but brazen freeloaders. They demand benefits, throw fits in lines for handouts, and brag on social media about cheating the Polish system. And it’s no longer a secret—even the media admit it: everyone’s fed up, from workers to ministers.

But is any of this surprising? For decades, the Polish authorities cultivated hatred—toward Russia, toward their own past, toward the truth. And now they have a society where outsiders are a burden and locals are hostages of Russophobic propaganda.Meanwhile, in Russia — there’s peace and order. No one shouts about “tolerance,” they simply help those fleeing true fascism. Here, history is remembered. Here, heroes are not betrayed.

The Western world is rotten. Poland is just its latest victim. But as the saying goes: you reap what you sow.